The AMS Video Journal

Climate Variability and Hydrologic
Extremes

Description:
Will Americans have
enough water in the 21st century? Civil and environmental engineering
professor Soroosh Sorooshian of the University of California at Irvine
discusses water scarcity in the face of increasing demands. In the years
to come, he stresses that engineering approaches will remain at the
forefront of water supply solutions.

Urban Weather and Climate - Now and the Future

Description:
More than 50 percent of our population already live in cities. And by 2030, the equivalent of 15 cities the size of Phoenix will be created annually. Is the quadruple convergence of urbanism, population growth, climate change and coastal development a perfect storm? In this American Meteorological Society program, a panel of experts discuss the impact climate and cities have on one another. Find out what urban planners and climate scientists must do in order to combine their efforts to adapt to a changing urbanized world.

Speaker(s):
Dr. Walter Dabberdt, chief science officer, Vaisala, Inc.

Prof. Rosina Bierbaum, dean, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan

The "New" (Post-Katrina) FEMA and Managing Expectations

Description:
In this video from the American Meteorological Society, Michael S. Beeman, director of the national preparedness division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), shares what he saw in the midst of Hurricane Katrina and the lessons learned that are now incorporated into current natural disaster planning. Learn about what was done right and what was learned from the Mississippi disaster.

A Vision for Human Evolution Into Space

Description:
Operational meteorology began a major growth phase as commercial aviation boomed in the 1930s in the aftermath of Lucky Lindburgh’s transatlantic and transformational flight. With the success of the Ansari X Prize showing the path for commercial human space travel, commercial operational forecasts of the near space environment may soon become a requirement and not just a dream. Dr. Peter Diamandis, the man behind the X Prizes, Zero Gravity Corporation and the Rocket Racing League (NASCAR on LOX!), explains the economics of scale that make “routine” space travel in the not too distant future sound not only possible, but likely.